Hall of Fame 2007 discussion thread

Fozzy · 08-03-2007 11:26pm

Mr Fuji! He's a legend! He's meant to be the biggest ribber in wrestling, I've heard some gas stories about him. I was listening to Raven the other night, he said that one time this Japanese wrestler came into America to work, and Fuji was to show him around and take him to the shows. So Fuji gets yer man to drive them to their first show and he was telling him where to go because obviously the new guy didn't know his way around. It was a seven hour trip to get them to the arena. Then, after the show, Fuji drove them home. It took him 10 minutes. Now that's dedication to the cause!

RebelRockChick · 11-03-2007 6:00pm

From Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

The reason Ricky Steamboat was shown using that name on RAW this past week during the Nick Bockwinkel HOF segment is because he had finalized a deal with his ex-wife Bonnie and thus he owns the rights to the name "Ricky The Dragon Steamboat" again. This move would enable WWE to use him in some sort of legend capacity as a character, make merchandise on him, and at some point induct him into the Hall of Fame.

Good news! Inductee for next year I hope!!

Vince135792003 · 11-03-2007 6:10pm

Thats cool news. Plus if Flair does go in next year too, its a perfect fit seeing as how those 2 had such great matches together.

Mr.Nice Guy · 11-03-2007 7:10pm

That's good for Steamboat. It was ridiculous that his wife ended up with the rights to the name in the first place.

Fozzy · 14-03-2007 3:20am

Mr Fuji was announced this week. Nick Bockwinkel has said in an interview that Bobby Heenan will be inducting him. I was expecting Heenan to induct someone, it was just a matter of who

Fozzy · 23-03-2007 12:29am

William Shatner will be inducting Jerry Lawler

I think The Sheik and Afa and Sika were announced this week or last week. I'm not sure. JR's the only name who was as strongly rumoured as everyone else, but hasn't been announced officially

RebelRockChick · 23-03-2007 12:55am

Fozzy wrote:

William Shatner will be inducting Jerry Lawler

I think The Sheik and Afa and Sika were announced this week or last week. I'm not sure. JR's the only name who was as strongly rumoured as everyone else, but hasn't been announced officially

The Sheik was announced on ECW (shown here tonight). Sabu is the most obvious person to induct him.

Afa and Sika will probably be the last announced on next mondays Raw

Fozzy · 23-03-2007 1:23am

I heard that it'll be Rosey and Samu who induct The Wild Samoans. WWE are planning to show the ceremony on their website, they did that last year I think, apart from the last hour

fatal · 23-03-2007 1:29am

Fozzy wrote:

WWE are planning to show the ceremony on their website, they did that last year I think, apart from the last hour

yea is that whats planned for this year aswell?

Fozzy · 23-03-2007 1:51am

The ceremony is scheduled to be shown on Canadian tv, but not US tv yet. So maybe they'll show the full thing if it's not on US tv

HorseRadish · 23-03-2007 2:04am

It was shown on a delay in Chicago last year,edited here and there,if you get to buy the dvd,by all means do because the HOF crermony will be uncut.

Charlie · 23-03-2007 2:42am

I am starting to get a little disillusioned with the HOF.

Jerry Lawler pretty much told WWE that he didn't want to be inducted this year for a number of reasons.

Firstly, he feels that you should only be inducted once you are no longer an active participant in the product, like most sporting HOF.

Secondly, he had planned to see a once in a lifetime baseball match that very night, months in advance. I know that sounds a bit weak but, listening to Lawler on Between the Ropes last week this seemed to mean an awful lot to him and he didn't seem pleased he had to miss it.

Also, Lawler requested that Lance Russell induct him. WWE poo poo'd that idea, wanting a celebrity to induct him, hence Shatner. Is it that much to let the guy have who he wants to induct him, the night is suppose to be about him!

Fozzy · 23-03-2007 3:24am

Well, with WWE, it eventually comes down to WWE and not the performer. It's been mentioned a few times here how the WWE HOF is basically a joke, you can't take it that seriously. I was thinking that WWE are making sure that they're on Lawler's good side by putting him in the HOF, so that they can buy his Memphis tape library, but he didn't sound over the moon in interviews he's done

And I just read that the Hall of Fame will air on the USA Network, so that means we won't be able to see the full show on the website

J.R.HARTLEY · 23-03-2007 1:03pm

charlie mchugh wrote:

Secondly, he had planned to see a once in a lifetime baseball match that very night, months in advance

in fairness you used the words yourself, once in a life time. it should really be up to lawler what he wants.

Double C · 23-03-2007 2:11pm

The HOF is going to be broadcast on the USA network that night, so its free for all the day after, for those who know where to look

J.R.HARTLEY · 23-03-2007 2:35pm

yep read this at the bottom of a wwe.com article about the shat inducting the king

wwe.com wrote:

The WWE 2007 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will air on USA Network at midnight/11 CT.

BlackMamba · 23-03-2007 10:19pm

It's kinda hard to know who's a shoe-in.
I hope Randy Savage will be inducted into the HOF. Would love to hear him say OH YEAH again!!:D
Since Sherri was inducted last year,I'd say Ted DiBiase won't be far behind, probably this year or next.
Some wildcard entrants: Owen Hart, British Bulldog (he's the only European to hold the European Title), Sable (just kidding about the last one!)

Fozzy · 24-03-2007 3:18am

PWInsider said:

World Wrestling Entertainment announced this afternoon that Major League Baseball legend Wade Boggs would be inducting the late Curt Hennig into the WWE Hall of Fame next week. Boggs appeared in a vignette designed to help get over Hennig's Mr. Perfect persona in 1989 on WWF television and has been a long-time friend of many in the wrestling business.

They seem to be trying to get any mainstream attention that they can

RebelRockChick · 24-03-2007 5:10pm

Was just reading this bit about Bogg and Henning:

Boggs and Hennig were close friends in real life since 1983. Boggs told WWE.com that Curt Hennig once saved his life on a hunting trip back in 2001 - freeing Boggs from entangled barbed wire and carried him on his back for over a mile to safety.

Fozzy · 24-03-2007 7:50pm

I suppose a recap is in order. So far the official inductees and the people inducting them are:

Dusty Rhodes, to be inducted by his sons Dustin and Cody Runnels
Curt Hennig, to be inducted by Wade Boggs
Jerry Lawler, to be inducted by William Shatner
The Wild Samoans, to be inducted by their sons Rosey and Samu
Nick Bockwinkel, to be inducted by Bobby Heenan
Mr Fuji, to be inducted by Don Muraco
The Sheik, and I'd assume Sabu will be inducting or accepting his induction

Minto · 24-03-2007 7:52pm

Are they showing it on Sky Sports? I'd love to watch it live and don't feel like waiting til June/July depending on when they finally get it in stock in Waterford.

Fozzy · 24-03-2007 8:17pm

No word about Sky showing it at all. Unlikely I'd say. But like Double C said, there's always ways!

Fozzy · 26-03-2007 9:26pm

And the last HOF inductee this year will be

Good Ol' JR! I was wondering if they'd forgotten him, since they've already announced every other person who had been rumoured. My money would be on The Rattlesnake! The Rattlesnake! Stone Cold! Stone Cold! to induct him

Fozzy · 29-03-2007 11:48pm

The HOF ceremony (one hour of it) will be shown here on the Thursday after WM at 5pm on Sky Sports 2, with repeats on the Saturday after WM at 1pm (Sky Sports 3), and the Sunday at 12pm (Sky Sports 2)

RebelRockChick · 30-03-2007 1:09am

Fozzy wrote:

The HOF ceremony (one hour of it) will be shown here on the Thursday after WM at 5pm on Sky Sports 2, with repeats on the Saturday after WM at 1pm (Sky Sports 3), and the Sunday at 12pm (Sky Sports 2)

Good to know, cheers for the info Fozzy!

fatal · 01-04-2007 12:27pm

So what are peoples thoughts on last nights Hall of Fame 2007 ceremony.
From what I saw,I was surprised at how short some of the acceptance speeches were,most notably from the orginal sheikh's wife and my fuji.
I thought that Rob Van Dam's speech was awesome especially part about "respect".It was a pity that Sabu didnt say much......
Well now to watch the ones that werent aired on WWE.com....

Vince135792003 · 01-04-2007 12:48pm

I thought it was good and was just disappointed that it ended so soon with just 4 inductions. I thought all the speeches were really nice and RVD's induction of the Sheik would be highlight too.

Other highlights for me were seeing Umagas mother, Snitskys white suit and seeing Shawn Micheals wife!

Fozzy · 01-04-2007 12:58pm

I was able to watch up til just before Nick Bockwinkel came out, then it just cut out on me. I managed to figure out another way to watch it, but I only got the audio for Afa and Sika, before I saw RVD and Sabu come out

The start was gas, with none of the wrestlers standing when Todd Grisham told them to. I think I saw Booker doing his royal wave though. The shot cutting back between Cena and Shawn was gas. Umaga in a suit was slightly strange

I was hoping for a few more Mr Fuji stories, but ah sure!

fatal · 01-04-2007 1:06pm

Fozzy wrote:

I was able to watch up til just before Nick Bockwinkel came out, then it just cut out on me. I managed to figure out another way to watch it, but I only got the audio for Afa and Sika, before I saw RVD and Sabu come out

The start was gas, with none of the wrestlers standing when Todd Grisham told them to. I think I saw Booker doing his royal wave though. The shot cutting back between Cena and Shawn was gas. Umaga in a suit was slightly strange

I was hoping for a few more Mr Fuji stories, but ah sure!

Lol Todd does have balls.....................
The cena/hbk shot after hbk's "all grown up" ad with fans shouting each one of their names was excellent.....
How old is Mr Fuji btw?he just about got up those stairs and to the microphone.....certainly a big difference from his wrestling/managing days
Do you have "another (preferably free!!!)way of watching"wrestlemania aswell then that maybe you wanna share?;)

Vince135792003 · 01-04-2007 1:09pm

fatal wrote:

How old is Mr Fuji btw?he just about got up those stairs and to the microphone.....QUOTE]

He's seemingly 71/72. His knees were gone.

Fozzy · 01-04-2007 1:32pm

fatal wrote:

Do you have "another (preferably free!!!)way of watching"wrestlemania aswell then that maybe you wanna share?;)

Haha, nope, sorry! I was still watching WWE's HOF stream, just not from my web browser

I've read that the hour of the HOF shown on tv was heavily edited, so I think I'll be staying away from it til I can see the full thing. Sounds like a good night anyway

fatal · 01-04-2007 1:33pm

Fozzy wrote:

Haha, nope, sorry! I was still watching WWE's HOF stream, just not from my web browser

I've read that the hour of the HOF shown on tv was heavily edited, so I think I'll be staying away from it til I can see the full thing. Sounds like a good night anyway

yea i watched the Jr one just now and his acceptance speech was no longer than 3 mins.The editting is kind of obvious too.....

Vince135792003 · 01-04-2007 1:35pm

Heres the Hall of Fame in audio form, for those that want it. Its basically what was shown on wwe.com last night and on the USA tv special.

http://download.yousendit.com/37C78C4214AEC038

Double C · 01-04-2007 3:10pm

I saw the heavily edited USA network version there, which didn't include RVD's speech :mad: , but Dusty's was good enough anyway. It was a nice touch getting Arn and Flair to add himself and Harley Race to the 4 Horsemen.
Cody Rhodes is on a WWE developmental, right? Fro seeing him introduce his da, I'm going out on a limb but that guy is a future world champ. He can talk just as well as Dusty and if given a decent image/gimmick he could be great, he's an evil looking bastard!

Fozzy · 01-04-2007 3:21pm

He's one half of the OVW tag team champions I believe. He sounds pretty decent from the few reports I've read of OVW recently

fatal · 01-04-2007 3:23pm

Fozzy wrote:

He's one half of the OVW tag team champions I believe. He sounds pretty decent from the few reports I've read of OVW recently

I read some stuff about him recently and what ive read it seems that he definitley is someone to look out for in the future....

Fozzy · 01-04-2007 3:28pm

Oh yeah, something that had me laughing was the Stone Cold "All Grown Up" video. I haven't seen it on tv, but it's easily the best of the lot

fatal · 01-04-2007 3:30pm

Fozzy wrote:

Oh yeah, something that had me laughing was the Stone Cold "All Grown Up" video. I haven't seen it on tv, but it's easily the best of the lot

I saw it for the first time last week and after seeing all the others,I thought that it was gonna be the same.The part about his dad putting his arm around him and telling him to beat those "sorry sons of bitches" is totally unexpected......lol
Showing him drinking the milk when he was a kid to drinking the beer now was a good touch too

Fozzy · 01-04-2007 3:33pm

You can see it here: http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/3918110/

I was looking through some of the videos WWE.com have the other day, there's hundreds! The ones with Trevor Murdoch are the best, he deserves a push

fatal · 01-04-2007 3:36pm

Fozzy wrote:

You can see it here: http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/3918110/

I was looking through some of the videos WWE.com have the other day, there's hundreds! The ones with Trevor Murdoch are the best, he deserves a push

you wouldnt now how to download vids from wwe.com would you?

Fozzy · 01-04-2007 3:41pm

Actually, yeah. They hardly ever play when I open them, so I have to view the source code of the page and find the video file. If you open up the Austin video and view the source (there'll be an option on your browser somewhere, usually you'll see it if you right-click), then you can search the code for "wmv". The address starting with "http" all the way to ".wmv" is the address of the video, so if you copy and paste it you should be able to download it

The Austin one is http://wmsvod.wwe.com/raw/200703/031907austin300.wmv, just to check if it works

EDIT: Ok, that didn't work..they're streaming videos, which I did not know from looking at it! So I don't really know how to download them

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